Fluted Porcelain Bowl (Sang De Boeuf Glaze) by David Leach for Lowerdown Pottery

David Leach (1911-2005) was born in Tokyo and was first taught to pot not by his father, the renowned ceramist, Bernard but by Shoji Hamada. He studied at North Staffs Technical College and in 1930 joined Leach Pottery where he stayed, on and off, for twenty five years. He helped the family business in artistic, practical, technical and managerial capacities. In 1953 he headed the ceramics department of Loughborough College. He started the Aylesford Pottery in 1954, handing it over a year later to Colin Pearson. After the handover of Aylesford pottery he moved to Bovey Tracey in Devon and set up Lowerdown Pottery.